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Assessment of Some Water Quality Characteristics and Bacterial Contamination in Water, Sediments and Some Fish species of El-Manzala Lake

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Ecology and Biology

Abstract

Water plays a vital role in the proper functioning of earth ecosystem and also essential for fish life. In autumn season, 2016, three different regions from El-Manzla Lake (El-Boughaz, Domiette and El-Ganka) were selected to determine their water quality and bacterial contaminations. Water, sediment and fish samples were collected from four different sites of each region. The selected regions are exposing to direct and indirect industrial, municipal wastewater and agricultural drainage disposals. The results showed that El-Ganka region had significantly (P<0.05) highest nitrogenous compounds (NH3-N, NO2 & NO3), total nitrogen, total and available phosphorus and Chlorophyll a followed by Domiette and then El-Boughaz. While had the significantly (P<0.05) lowest pH and secchi disk (SD). Water exchange between the Mediterranean Sea and the lake led to significant increase values (P<0.05) in its salinity and conductivity at the El-Boughaz region. Also, some bacteriological characteristics (Bacterial count, coliform and some pathogens) in water, sediment and some fish organs (skin, muscle & gills) of Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus were determined.  Total bacterial count, coliform group, fecal coliform and Vibrio cholera recoded higher values in sediment than in water. Total bacterial count and coliform group in the muscle of the two investigated fish species had lower values than skin and gills, while fecal coliform and vibrio were not detected. Gills recorded higher values than those in the skin. Muscles of Clarias gariepinus recorded higher levels in all bacterial parameters than the Oreochromis niloticus in contrast the skin and gills. On base of the present study, it could be concluded that Manzala' lake water resources need more attention to be protected for aquaculture purposes and sustainable development through the detection of aquatic biological agents and possible control of water quality.

DOI

10.21608/eja.2019.31473

Keywords

water quality, Sediment, fish, Bacterial contamination, Nile tilapia, catfish

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Abdel-Hamid

MiddleName

Attia

Affiliation

Limnology Department, Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Abou-Hammad, Sharkia, Egypt

Email

e_abdelhamid2014@yahoo.com

City

Zagazig

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Volume

7

Article Issue

1

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5369

Issue Date

2017-03-01

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2019-05-10

Publish Date

2017-03-01

Page Start

55

Page End

75

Print ISSN

2090-7877

Online ISSN

2636-3984

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https://eja.journals.ekb.eg/article_31473.html

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https://eja.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=31473

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4

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal for Aquaculture

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https://eja.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Some Water Quality Characteristics and Bacterial Contamination in Water, Sediments and Some Fish species of El-Manzala Lake

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Created At

22 Jan 2023